Throwback Thursday: Obama, Comey and Mueller hang out in the Rose Garden

Back on June 21, 2013, then-President Barack Obama announced his nomination of James Comey to be the next director of the FBI.

Joining him in the Rose Garden on that bright Friday morning: the bureau's chief at the time, Robert Mueller.

The moment was captured perfectly in this photograph by Pablo Martinez Monsivais:

FBI Director Robert Mueller, left, acknowledges the applause from President Barack Obama and the president's nominee to replace Mueller , James Comey, center, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 21, 2013(Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP)

Nearly four years later, the photo caught our (and others') eye because of the events of the past 10 days, including:

The revelation of a memo written by Comey that indicated the president, back in February, asked the former FBI director to halt his investigation into Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser who had contacts with Russian officials

The Justice Department's subsequent selection of Mueller to be the special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation